This study conducted a cross-sectional study amongst students at the University of Central Florida (UCF) that assessed degree of belief in Health at Every Size (HAES) and an accompanying Trust in Doctors to see if there was a significant relationship between the two variables. The HAES survey was constructed specifically for the use in this research and was constructed in a 0-10-point Likert scale in order to establish a gradient of belief in HAES. To identify degree of trust in doctors, a pre-established item-bank was drawn from and coupled with the piloted survey. The sample size included 400 UCF students which was gathered using digital surveys, which allowed for swift gathering of data. The data collected indicated a significant association between the varying levels of trust in doctors and the performance on the HAES spectrum. We found that while trust increased, scores on the HAES spectrum decreased. Thus, we were able to reject the null hypothesis and assume the relationship to be significant. Further testing heralded there to be no significant difference between STEM majors and non-STEM majors when assessing for both trust in doctors and belief in HAES. This study serves as groundwork for future assessment of belief in HAES as the movement evolves or devolves. Further, this survey fills a gap in the literature that assesses perception of HAES and trust in doctors as it pertains to young adults (18-24-years old).

To get closer to an answer to the questions of how the pandemic affected one's mental health after the pandemic, but also how it affected one's church involvement and one's own faith in God, interviews were conducted with five young women, aged 19–25 years. I used a mixed method, namely three short questionnaires where the informants had to assess their mental, existential, physical, and social health, as well as describe their church involvement, before, during and after the pandemic. These questionnaires were then the basis for the interviews, where they had to nuance their answers even more. In this way, the study's material and empirical data were collected. This was then analyzed based on selected theories dealing with coping, religious coping, meaning-based coping, and spirituality processes. The results of the study show that the pandemic affected the informants in different ways and to different extents. What one brought into the pandemic when it comes to one's mental, existential, physical, and social health tends to influence how one coped with it and what consequences the pandemic created for one's well-being. On the other hand, most of the informants expressed that they take with them new perspectives and lessons learned from the pandemic that they did not have in the same way before. Much of what they mention is that you learned how the body works and that your well-being is better from physical activity, or that now, after the pandemic, you can choose in a different way what you want to be involved in when it comes to the social aspect, but also concrete social interactions and relationships. They prioritize their well-being and well-being in a different way.